He said to him, "The LORD says, 'Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life will take the place of his life, and your people take the place of his people.'"

19. You shall speak to him, saying, 'The LORD says, "Have you killed and also taken possession?"' You shall speak to him, saying, 'The LORD says, "In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick your blood, even yours."'"

20. AHAB said to Elijah, "Have you found me, my enemy?"He answered, "I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do that which is evil in The LORD's sight.

21. Behold, I will bring evil on you, and will utterly sweep you away and will cut off from AHAB everyone who urinates against a wall, and him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel.

22. I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah for the provocation with which you have provoked me to anger, and have made Israel to sin."

23. The LORD also spoke of Jezebel, saying, "The dogs will eat Jezebel by the rampart of Jezreel.

24. The dogs will eat he who dies of AHAB in the city; and the birds of the sky will eat he who dies in the field."

19. Micaiah said, "Therefore hear The LORD's word. I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.

20. The LORD said, 'Who will entice AHAB, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?' One said one thing; and another said another.

21. A spirit came out and stood before The LORD, and said, 'I will entice him.'

22. The LORD said to him, 'How?'He said, 'I will go out and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.'He said, 'You will entice him, and will also prevail. Go out and do so.'

23. Now therefore, behold, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; and the LORD has spoken evil concerning you."

24. Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, "Which way did The LORD's Spirit go from me to speak to you?"

25. Micaiah said, "Behold, you will see on that day, when you go into an inner room to hide yourself."

26. The king of Israel said, "Take Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son.

27. Say, 'Thus says the king, "Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace."'"

28. Micaiah said, "If you return at all in peace, the LORD has not spoken by me." He said, "Listen, all you people!"

8. For the whole house of AHAB will perish. I will cut off from AHAB everyone who urinates against a wall, both him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel.

9. I will make AHAB's house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah.

10. The dogs will eat Jezebel on the plot of ground of Jezreel, and there shall be no one to bury her.'" Then he opened the door and fled.

11. When Jehu came out to the servants of his lord, and one said to him, "Is all well? Why did this mad fellow come to you?"He said to them, "You know the man and how he talks."

12. They said, "That is a lie. Tell us now."He said, "He said to me, 'The LORD says, I have anointed you king over Israel.'"

13. Then they hurried, and each man took his cloak, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew the trumpet, saying, "Jehu is king."

14. So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram was keeping Ramoth Gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria;

15. but king Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) Jehu said, "If this is your thinking, then let no one escape and go out of the city, to go to tell it in Jezreel."

16. So Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram lay there. Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram.

17. Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, "I see a company."Joram said, "Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, 'Is it peace?'"

18. So one went on horseback to meet him, and said, "Thus says the king, 'Is it peace?'"Jehu said, "What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me!"The watchman said, "The messenger came to them, but he isn't coming back."

19. Then he sent out a second on horseback, who came to them, and said, "Thus says the king, 'Is it peace?'"Jehu answered, "What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me!"

20. The watchman said, "He came to them, and isn't coming back. The driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives furiously."

21. Joram said, "Get ready!"They got his chariot ready. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu, and found him on Naboth the Jezreelite's land.

22. When Joram saw Jehu, he said, "Is it peace, Jehu?"He answered, "What peace, so long as the prostitution of your mother Jezebel and her witchcraft abound?"

23. Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, "This is treason, Ahaziah!"

24. Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and struck Joram between his arms; and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.

25. Then Jehu said to Bidkar his captain, "Pick him up, and throw him in the plot of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how, when you and I rode together after AHAB his father, the LORD laid this burden on him:

26. 'Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons,' says The LORD; 'and I will repay you in this plot of ground,' says The LORD. Now therefore take and cast him onto the plot of ground, according to The LORD's word."